An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/zwitschern

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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2553516An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, Z — zwitschernJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

zwitschern, verb, ‘to twitter, chirp, warble,’ from the equivalent Middle High German zwitzern, Old High German zwizzirôn; compare Middle English twiteren, English twitter (Danish qviddre). An onomatopoetic form.